Lion's Leap
13.9 mi · ▲ 1,881 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Lion's Leap is a 13.9-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,881 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 6,798 ft · steepest grade: 18%15.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail 39.37332, -120.25151
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Lion's Leap
13.9 mi · ▲ 1,881 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Elevation 5,893–6,799 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail · 39.37332, -120.25151
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start on East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Lion's Leap, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Powerline, heading NE.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:01 PM
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